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Barrow Street 2013 Prize Winner<\/strong><\/p>\n

Lovely does not suffice, nor does lyric. Eloquence is only a grasping in the space of ineffable air. There are few words or phrases that do justice to the soul singing its own revelations. That place is where Last Psalm at Sea Level<\/em> lives, where it is as solid as gold burning itself into light.
\n\u2014Afaa Michael Weaver, Contest Judge<\/p>\n

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\u201cThe vivid impermanence of the body is like kindling catching, a source of fire for Meg Day, a poet whose fearless heart is tethered to the world. This is a commanding book and a portent for the vitality of poetry.\u201d
\n\u2014D.A. Powell<\/p>\n

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\u201cIf love comes fast,\/let her be a bullet & not a barking dog\u201d\u00a0\u00a0 Tweet<\/a><\/p>\n

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\u201cLord, what was I\/but made in your image: invisible\u201d\u00a0\u00a0 Tweet<\/a><\/p>\n

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Aubade for One Still Uncertain of Being Born<\/strong><\/p>\n

Lie still. Make their desperate hunt for your heart
\nbeat them frenzied & let them second-guess
\nyour muted tempo as counterfeit for their own.
\nPress your palm, still learning to unfurl,
\nto your den\u2019s wet beams & steady yourself
\nagainst the doorjamb of your lair; it will be time
\nwhen it is time. If your mother is a horse \u2013 & I am,
\nI am \u2013 let her approach Troy with you still hidden
\nwithin. Let her carry you like a bouquet of splinters
\nin her belly of timber still hot from hatching
\nat the future for firewood like it was a family tree.
\nAll your life they will surround you, will stalk & strain
\nto hear that ballad from your canary pipes, will tempt
\nyour quiet cover, will kick the keg of your desire
\nuntil it is dented nameless; all your life they will try
\nto say you are built for something else. It begins now \u2013
\nso hush, hush: be nothing, just this once.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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